T. Maccius Plautus, Menaechmi, ed. Friedrich Leo, 3.3

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524

Ancilla

Menaechme, amare ait te multum Erotium,

ut hoc una opera sibi ad aurificem deferas,
525

atque huc ut addas auri pondo únciam

iubeasque spinter novom reconcinnarier.

Menaechmvs

Et istúc et aliud, si quid curari volet,

me curaturum dicito, quidquid volet.

Ancilla

Scin quid hoc sit spinter?
530

Menaechmvs

Nescio, nisi aureum.

Ancilla

Hoc est quod olim clanculum ex armario

te surrupuisse aiebas uxori tuae.

Menaechmvs

Numquam hercle factum est.

Ancilla

Non meministi, obsecro?

redde igitur spinter, si non meministi.

Menaechmvs

Mane.

immo equidem memini. nempe hoc est, quod illí dedi.
535

Ancilla

Istuc.

Menaechmvs

Vbi illae armillaé sunt, quas una dedi?

Ancilla

Numquam dedisti.

Menaechmvs

Nam pol hoc unum dedi.

Ancilla

Dicam curare?

Menaechmvs

Dicito: curabitur.

et palla et spinter faxo referantur simul.
539540

Ancilla

Amabo, mi Menaechme, inauris da mihi

faciendas pondo duom nummum, stalagmia,

ut te libenter videam, quom ad nos veneris.

Menaechmvs

Fiat. cedo aurum, ego manupretium dabo.

Ancilla

Da sodes abs te: ego post reddidero tibi.
545

Menaechmvs

Immo cedo abs te: ego post tibi reddam duplex.

Ancilla

Non habeo.

Menaechmvs

At tu, quando habebis, tum dato.

Ancilla

Numquid me vis?—

Menaechmvs

Haec me curaturum dicito—

ut quantum possint quique liceant veneant.

iamne abiit intro? abiit, operuit fores.
550

di me quidem omnes adiuvant, augent, amant.

sed quid ego cesso, dum datur mi occasio

tempusque, abire ab his locis lenoniis?

propera, Menaechme, fer pedem, confer gradum.

demam hanc coronam atque abiciam ad laevam manum,
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ut, siquis sequatur, hac me abiisse censeant.

ibo et conveniam servom, si potero, meum,

ut haec, quae bona dant di mihi, ex me sciat.—

Menaechmi. T. Maccius Plautus. ed. Friedrich Leo. Berlin. 1895.

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Funding provided by The National Endowment for the Humanities.

Current edition Perseus

Menaechmi (Latin) (Plautus. Plauti Comoediae, Volume 1. Leo, Friedrich, editor. Berlin: Weidmann, 1895.)

Translations (1)

Menaechmi, or The Twin Brothers Perseus (Plautus. The Comedies of Plautus, Volume 1. Riley, Henry Thomas, translator. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1912.) — 3.3 focus

524 (Enter a MAID-SERVANT, from the house of EROTIUM.)

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium.

Menaechmus, Erotium says that she entreats you much,

that at the same opportunity you’ll take this to the goldsmith’s, and add to it an ounce in weight of gold, and order the bracelet¹ to be fashioned anew. (Gives him a bracelet.)
525

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES

Tell her that I’ll attend both to this and anything else that she shall wish, if she wishes anything else attended to.

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium.

Do you know what this bracelet is?
530

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES

I don’t know, unless it’s of gold.

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium.

This is the same one that you once said that you had secretly stolen out of the closet from your wife.

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES

By my troth, ’twas never done.

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium.

Prithee, don’t you remember it?

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES

Not in the least.

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium.

Give it me back then, if you don’t remember it. (Tries to take it.)

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES

Stop. (Pretends to examine the bracelet.)

O yes, I really do remember it; it’s the same, I believe, that I presented to her.
535

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium.

I’ faith, it is the same.

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES

Where are the clasps which I gave her together with them?

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium.

You never gave her any.

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES

Why, faith, I gave them together with this

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium.

Shall I say that you’ll attend to it?

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES

Do say so; it shall be attended to.

I’ll take care that the mantle and the bracelet are brought back together.
539540

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium.

My dear Menaechmus, do, pray, give me some earrings², the pendants to be made two didrachms in weight; that I may look on you with delight when you come to our house.

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES

Be it so. Give me the gold³; I’ll find the price of the workmanship.

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium.

Give it yourself, please; at a future time I’ll give it you back.
545

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES

No, give it yourself; at a future time I’ll give it you twofold.

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium.

I haven’t any.

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES

But when you have it, do you give it me, then.

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium.

Do you wish for aught?

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES

Say that I’ll attend to these things, (aside) to be sold as soon as they can, and for what they’ll fetch.

(The MAID-SERVANT goes into the house.)

Has she now gone off in-doors? She’s gone, and has shut the door. Surely all the Gods are favouring, amplifying, and prospering me. But why do I delay while opportunity and time are granted me to get away from these procurers’ dens? Make haste, Menaechmus; pull foot and quicken your pace.
550

I’ll take off this chaplet⁴, and throw it away on the left hand side (throws the chaplet down), that, if they follow me, they may think I’ve gone in that direction. I’ll go and meet my servant, if I can, that he may learn from me these blessings which the Gods confer upon me.
555

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Ancilla Menaechme, amare ait te multum Erotium, ut hoc una opera sibi ad aurificem deferas, 525 atque huc ut addas auri pondo únciam iubeasque spinter novom reconcinnarier.

Menaechmvs Et istúc et aliud, si quid curari volet, me curaturum dicito, quidquid volet.

Ancilla Scin quid hoc sit spinter? 530

Menaechmvs Nescio, nisi aureum.

Ancilla Hoc est quod olim clanculum ex armario te surrupuisse aiebas uxori tuae.

Menaechmvs Numquam hercle factum est.

Ancilla Non meministi, obsecro? redde igitur spinter, si non meministi.

Menaechmvs Mane. immo equidem memini. nempe hoc est, quod illí dedi. 535

Ancilla Istuc.

Menaechmvs Vbi illae armillaé sunt, quas una dedi?

Ancilla Numquam dedisti.

Menaechmvs Nam pol hoc unum dedi.

Ancilla Dicam curare?

Menaechmvs Dicito: curabitur. et palla et spinter faxo referantur simul. 539540

Ancilla Amabo, mi Menaechme, inauris da mihi faciendas pondo duom nummum, stalagmia, ut te libenter videam, quom ad nos veneris.

Menaechmvs Fiat. cedo aurum, ego manupretium dabo.

Ancilla Da sodes abs te: ego post reddidero tibi. 545

Menaechmvs Immo cedo abs te: ego post tibi reddam duplex.

Ancilla Non habeo.

Menaechmvs At tu, quando habebis, tum dato.

Ancilla Numquid me vis?—

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MAID-SERVANT of Erotium. Menaechmus, Erotium says that she entreats you much, that at the same opportunity you’ll take this to the goldsmith’s, and add to it an ounce in weight of gold, and order the bracelet 1 to be fashioned anew. (Gives him a bracelet.) 525

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES Tell her that I’ll attend both to this and anything else that she shall wish, if she wishes anything else attended to.

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium. Do you know what this bracelet is? 530

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES I don’t know, unless it’s of gold.

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium. This is the same one that you once said that you had secretly stolen out of the closet from your wife.

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES By my troth, ’twas never done.

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium. Prithee, don’t you remember it?

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES Not in the least.

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium. Give it me back then, if you don’t remember it. (Tries to take it.)

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES Stop. (Pretends to examine the bracelet.) O yes, I really do remember it; it’s the same, I believe, that I presented to her. 535

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium. I’ faith, it is the same.

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES Where are the clasps which I gave her together with them?

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium. You never gave her any.

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES Why, faith, I gave them together with this

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium. Shall I say that you’ll attend to it?

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES Do say so; it shall be attended to. I’ll take care that the mantle and the bracelet are brought back together. 539540

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium. My dear Menaechmus, do, pray, give me some earrings 2 , the pendants to be made two didrachms in weight; that I may look on you with delight when you come to our house.

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES Be it so. Give me the gold 3 ; I’ll find the price of the workmanship.

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium. Give it yourself, please; at a future time I’ll give it you back. 545

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES No, give it yourself; at a future time I’ll give it you twofold.

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium. I haven’t any.

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES But when you have it, do you give it me, then.

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium. Do you wish for aught?

Stable identifiers

Ancilla

Menaechme, amare ait te multum Erotium,

ut hoc una opera sibi ad aurificem deferas,
525

atque huc ut addas auri pondo únciam

iubeasque spinter novom reconcinnarier.

Menaechmvs

Et istúc et aliud, si quid curari volet,

me curaturum dicito, quidquid volet.

Ancilla

Scin quid hoc sit spinter?
530

Menaechmvs

Nescio, nisi aureum.

Ancilla

Hoc est quod olim clanculum ex armario

te surrupuisse aiebas uxori tuae.

Menaechmvs

Numquam hercle factum est.

Ancilla

Non meministi, obsecro?

redde igitur spinter, si non meministi.

Menaechmvs

Mane.

immo equidem memini. nempe hoc est, quod illí dedi.
535

Ancilla

Istuc.

Menaechmvs

Vbi illae armillaé sunt, quas una dedi?

Ancilla

Numquam dedisti.

Menaechmvs

Nam pol hoc unum dedi.

Ancilla

Dicam curare?

Menaechmvs

Dicito: curabitur.

et palla et spinter faxo referantur simul.
539540

Ancilla

Amabo, mi Menaechme, inauris da mihi

faciendas pondo duom nummum, stalagmia,

ut te libenter videam, quom ad nos veneris.

Menaechmvs

Fiat. cedo aurum, ego manupretium dabo.

Ancilla

Da sodes abs te: ego post reddidero tibi.
545

Menaechmvs

Immo cedo abs te: ego post tibi reddam duplex.

Ancilla

Non habeo.

Menaechmvs

At tu, quando habebis, tum dato.

Ancilla

Numquid me vis?—

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium.

Menaechmus, Erotium says that she entreats you much,

that at the same opportunity you’ll take this to the goldsmith’s, and add to it an ounce in weight of gold, and order the bracelet¹ to be fashioned anew. (Gives him a bracelet.)
525

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES

Tell her that I’ll attend both to this and anything else that she shall wish, if she wishes anything else attended to.

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium.

Do you know what this bracelet is?
530

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES

I don’t know, unless it’s of gold.

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium.

This is the same one that you once said that you had secretly stolen out of the closet from your wife.

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES

By my troth, ’twas never done.

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium.

Prithee, don’t you remember it?

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES

Not in the least.

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium.

Give it me back then, if you don’t remember it. (Tries to take it.)

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES

Stop. (Pretends to examine the bracelet.)

O yes, I really do remember it; it’s the same, I believe, that I presented to her.
535

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium.

I’ faith, it is the same.

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES

Where are the clasps which I gave her together with them?

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium.

You never gave her any.

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES

Why, faith, I gave them together with this

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium.

Shall I say that you’ll attend to it?

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES

Do say so; it shall be attended to.

I’ll take care that the mantle and the bracelet are brought back together.
539540

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium.

My dear Menaechmus, do, pray, give me some earrings², the pendants to be made two didrachms in weight; that I may look on you with delight when you come to our house.

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES

Be it so. Give me the gold³; I’ll find the price of the workmanship.

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium.

Give it yourself, please; at a future time I’ll give it you back.
545

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES

No, give it yourself; at a future time I’ll give it you twofold.

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium.

I haven’t any.

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES

But when you have it, do you give it me, then.

MAID-SERVANT of Erotium.

Do you wish for aught?